2014 Bangladeshi general election

2014 Bangladeshi general election
300 of the 350 seats in the Jatiya Sangsad; 151 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	39.58% (47.55pp)
	Results by constituency
Prime minister before election; Sheikh Hasina; AL	Subsequent prime minister ; Sheikh Hasina; AL

General elections were held in Bangladesh on 5 January 2014, in accordance with the constitutional requirement that elections must take place within the 90-day period before the expiration of the term of the Jatiya Sangshad on 24 January 2014.

The elections were not free and fair.^[1] They were preceded by a government crackdown on the opposition, with Bangladesh Nationalist Party and opposition leader Khaleda Zia put under house arrest.^[2] There were widespread arrests of other opposition members, violence and strikes by the opposition, attacks on religious minorities, and extrajudicial killings by the government,^[3] with around 21 people killed on election day.^[4] Almost all major opposition parties boycotted the elections, resulting in 153 of the 300 directly elected seats being uncontested and the incumbent Awami League-led Grand Alliance of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina winning a landslide majority. Hasina became the first prime minister in the history of Bangladesh to be re-elected to serve a second term.

The elections were criticized by the United States, United Kingdom, European Union and the United Nations.^[5] 176 global leaders including U.S. President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Joseph Stiglitz, issued a letter that claimed the election "lacked legitimacy".^[6]^[7]

^ Riaz, Ali (21 September 2020). "The pathway of democratic backsliding in Bangladesh". Democratization. 28: 179–197. doi:10.1080/13510347.2020.1818069. ISSN 1351-0347. S2CID 224958514.
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^ Chowdhury, Syed Tashfin (7 January 2014). "Violent Bangladesh poll 'not credible'". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
^ "Over 100 Nobel laureates call on PM to suspend judicial proceedings against Prof Yunus". The Business Standard. 28 August 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
^ Nazzaro, Miranda (31 August 2023). "Obama, world leaders call on Bangladesh to halt cases against Nobel Peace Prize winner". The Hill. Retrieved 1 September 2023.

[1] Riaz, Ali (21 September 2020). "The pathway of democratic backsliding in Bangladesh". Democratization. 28: 179–197. doi:10.1080/13510347.2020.1818069. ISSN 1351-0347. S2CID 224958514.

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[credible-5] Chowdhury, Syed Tashfin (7 January 2014). "Violent Bangladesh poll 'not credible'". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 9 March 2022.

[6] "Over 100 Nobel laureates call on PM to suspend judicial proceedings against Prof Yunus". The Business Standard. 28 August 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.

[7] Nazzaro, Miranda (31 August 2023). "Obama, world leaders call on Bangladesh to halt cases against Nobel Peace Prize winner". The Hill. Retrieved 1 September 2023.

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